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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-10-27

Cease II you please, your dismal din,
And turn the knob. then enter In"
There came responsive 70 command
A chap with basket IN his hand;
Hts coat was fayed, his trousers brief,
his vest Of yore had come TO grief.
And in : rabish sort Of way
A bfimless hat topped hain Of gray,
While spreading into painful visw
Two toes peeped ffom : solslsss shoe.
TIL one might aptly say Of him
He.was destruction'a synonym. 9
'Procesd. /" said /, with the intsnt
OF easing fis endorsement.
ssPray make your businon brisly clsaf
And stats The tause that brings you here,
Hasten your matter to an endi
For ! have others 70 attend"
can Right" he said with woeful look,
"rve come to git pictuf took"
IA ~hatr' cried I; your looks reveal
Morn need Of raiment and meal"
Then, laughing: Would you like to get
A card size or . cabinst2
And don't you think, before you pose.
That you had better change your clo'ssr
"etranger," !" he said, you're on the track,
I've got my wardrobe on my back,
But don't mind ! bit Of chat;
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ya,,t IA y,,ro ,,,,tt,, ,,.,1 ~, -
NJ hull dore in : cabinet
! n von - he ssid. vith ~. grown dim.
sKin fotoeraf vst,s lef ofhim.n
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Enough 20 melt heart Of Stone.
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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-10-27
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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-10-27

to grand soldiers reunion at Marietta, o.
This was the beginning of quite notable
tour. There was reunion at Fremont
of the Ohio regiment which Mr.. Hayes
commanded, and soldiers monument
was unveiled at Dayton. The President
visited all these places. He then went to
Cincinnati and ON to Nashville, Bowling
Green, Chattanooga, Knoxville and At
lanta. During part Of the journey
Wade Hampton travelled with Mr.. Hayes.
At Nashville the President laid the cor
ner-stone of the new custom m-house, and
Mrs. Hayes called ON the widow of Pres
ident Polk. From Atlanta the party re-
turned to Washington, visiting Lynch
burg and Charlottesville on the way.
The entire trip had covered over 5000
miles. In September Of 1880 Mr.. Hayes
went West, visiting Chicago, Milwaukee,
far West % Bismarck, OAK, where the
President bought farm.
President Garfield promised himself .
long trip as soon as he could get rid of
the oflce-seekers that made life 8 burden
to him and finally, through Guiteau's
insanity, caused his death. He was Just
setting out on . short journey to Long
Branch when the assassin's deadly aim
gave him the death wound.
President Arthur travelled great deal
for his health. In 1889 be went out on
the Union Pacidc with General Sheridan
and crossed overland through the Yellow
stone Park to the Northern Paci6c, and
returnirg eastward was . feature In the
grand pageant gotten mp at s.. Paul and
IinIe6polie "a eelphvata The oonplstiop
Of ~ Nogtholu paciAa IL fQ1Iowins
yoor - rent - VlGl11o - IN u N
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-01-14
Changes In Note-Paper.

Stationers tell us that no sooner does
one style OF note-paper become accepta-
BILE to the politer world than it is so
eagerly seized upon by everybody else
that the politer people, so called, refuse
to use it any longer, and new style has
to be invented for their taste. which is
so continually refining on its previous
use. Thus heavy cream-laid passed out
of date with the ultra-fashionables for
the rough linen paper. that in turn was
superseded by the paper with torn
edges, and that by the brown and gray
coarse paper that might have come
round parcels, as if in abandoning ones
pet paper to the cook one merely made
an exchange and took hers. In short,
it is almost impossible to keep pace with
the changes in note-paper if one cares
to follow the extreme fashion; and
meanwhile these odd and eccentric
fancies brought into vogue. notably Of
the rough-edged and coarse brown
papers, can hardly be called in good
taste for anybody. Would 1t not be q
plan worth thinking of for every lady ri
the outset Of underwriting career to
choose her own style of paper and "a
adhere to it as scrupulously as might
be convenient through lifeP Then the
fashion might change all it would, II
could bring no change to her. no trou
BILE. no uncertainty; she would be al
ways in fashion. being always law to
herself. Her note-paper would be Al
much her own as her eyes or her mouth
it would be part of her general style
hers as her name is hers, as her crest Oh
coat Of arms might be. known and re
cognizcd and never to be found fault
with. no matter what new notion wai
to bs had at the stationsr'a - Hayper''
Boxar
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-01-14
FOOD FOR THE OLD WORLD.
America VIII Have to Furnish Much OF
the Wheat.

The French wheat growers, depressed
by poor crop and by the low price at
which imported wheat that has paid .
duty can be sold in their markets, have
caused the government to introduce q
bill raising the duty on foreign wheat
from 81. to 5f., and they now ask that
the government shall declare urgency
for this bill.
This demand for higher duties is
caused, as was the demand for the duty
now collected, by American COMPETE
ton; but 1t might have been delayed,
or at least supported with less force, il
the French crop this year had been an
average one. In Great Britain the low
prices and large supplies of Indian and
American wheat have compelled many
wheat growers to turn their attention to
other supplies, so that the wheat acre
age has been decreased by 10 per cent
as compared with the acreage of 1885.
1t is not only in France that the
wheat crop is short At the recent In
ternational Corn and Seed Market in
Vienna statistics concerning the yield
Of wheat in all European countries were
presented. An average crop is repre-
sented by 100 per cent These statistics
showed that the crop in Austria is only
923, as against 104 last year. and in
Hungary only 81, as against lit last
year. These figures are important, be-
cause Austria Hungary was one of the
six European countries that produced q
surplus in 1885, her share being 10000.
600 bushels. 1t is admitted that this
years crop will afford no surplus The
percentage in France is So, as against
So last year. when $4,000. 900 bushels Of
imported wheat were required to make
up the deficiency. The quantity re-
quired by France this year has been
variously estimated at from 90, 900. 000
to 10000, 900 bushels. The German
States for the most part show much
lower percentage than in 1885. Dem
mark had small surplus last year. bui
ssffsrs loss Of 10 Per cent on tAisysar''
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-01-14
FARM NOTES.

Make a harness fit properly, and q
horse can wear it without distress, pro-
vided that it is also kept deoently clean
and comfortably soft.
The young man who spends all he
makes the first year he begins life on
his own account will be apt to continue
In the same line ali his life without &C
cumulating property.
Plenty of rubbing will produce a coat
on your horse. Elbow grease" opens
the pores, softens the skin, and pro.
NOTES the general health. Farmers
horses are too often neglected in the
cleaning of the skin and hair, a.-..
An authority says slight elevations
are a safer place for the grape than bot.
tom lands. Whyp The early and the
late frosts always seek the low lands,
but are not 80 apt to lie along the lower
elevation of mountain sides.
Swine are populous in the United
States. According to Statistician Dodge
of the Agricultural Department, there
are about eighty swine to every 100 Of
our population, while in Europe there
are only fifteen to each 100 persons.
Do not allow peach trees to bear fruit
until after the third year from planting,
as rule, and they win be benefited
Many growers begin to force the treei
too early, and allow them to fruit al
soon as the trees will bear, but it is bes
to get the trees in vigorous condition
the first two or three years.
MIR. Farquar. an Indiana sheep-raiser
says he has wintered the Cotswold
Southdown, and Shropshire breeds, anC
ut clipping time the Cotswold sheareC
seven and one-half pounds. Southdowr
eight pounds. the Shropshire six pounds
Taking all together, the opinion is ex
pressed that the Cotswold is the mos
profitable sheep for mutton and wool.
Ice weighs as ordinarily packed
about fifty pounds to the cubic foot A
100 pounds day for the ordinary con
sumption of farm dairy ton would
DO used up in twenty days. A ton ant
| a half month is moderate supply Il
have. From this the farmer can easil,
| calculate the amount to be stored, al
lowing 20 per cent for waste.
While much OF the original forest re
manned, with only few clearings,
was a great protection to wheat b.
holding snow evenly over the surfac
during the coolest weather. Now tn,
winds have such q sweep that most o
| sLe snow Is drifted in banks TO tn
fences, where it does more harm thar
good. On pairie soils wheat is Away
best next the fences.
Currants were SO plentiful in Englan'
during the past season that they did no
pay for picking and sending to market
Some lots sent to London we're sold +
feed to pigs and others were used TO
manure. Plums were cheaper than the
ever were before in the history Of th
country. .Appareatly too many ioll0Ne
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-01-14
The Earth Worms Work.

Il is only recently that science has
come to understand fully the service
which the earthworm--the humble
creature which some American boys
call the ''angle-worm, and others the
Neutrality-suspicious. in the econ
omy of the world.
It il now known that, burrowing
steadily in the earth, he does valuable
work for agriculture. The little holes
which he makes let in the air and light
to damp places and conduct to the roots
of the plants the leaf-mold and surface
accumulation of all sorts which these
plants need for their nourishment But
more than this, the worms bring to the
surface the finely powdered earth which
they consume in their borrowings and
scatter it over the soil.
Two earth-worms put in a glass vase
eighteen inches in diameter. filled with
sand covered with dry leaves. managed
first to sink the leaves entirely beneath
the sand, and then to cover the sand
with thin coating of humus or mold.
All this was accomplished in six
months.
One earth-worm will bring to the sur
face about seven grains avoirdupois Of
earth in day. This is very small
quantity Of earth, but if we multiply it by
$4,000, the average number of worms to
the acre, we have more than fifty
pounds of earth raised every day.
From the 9th of October. 1870, to the
18th of October, 1871, the worms upon
one field in England brought up eight
tons OF earth, and in another field six
teen tons A field in Stafordshire is
covered annually by the worms with q
deposit Of earth nearly quarter of an
inch in thickness.
BY the slow toll of the earth-worms
rocks are buried in the ground and the
surface of the earth is modified. It is
chiefly their work which has buried
the ruins of dead cities under the
ground. - Youths Companion.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-01-14

Strength for to-day IL all that we need,
As there never will be q tomorrow;
For tomorrow will prove but another to-day,
With its measure of joy and sorrow.
Then why forecast the trials OF life
With much sad and grave persistence,
And wait and watch for crowd of ills
That as yet have no existence2
Strength for to-day; what n precious boon
For earnest souls who labor,
For the willing hands that minister
To the needy friend or neighbor.
Strength for to-day that tho weary hearts
In the battle for right may quail not,
And the eyes bedimmed by bitter tears
In their search for light may fail not.
Strength for to-day on the down hill track
For the travellers near the valley,
That up, far up ON the other side,
Ere long they may safely rally.
Strength for to-day, that our precious youth
May happily sbun temptation,
And build from the rise TO the set OF the sun
On strong and sure foundation.
Strength for to-day. in house and home.
To practice forbearance sweetly;
To scatter kind words and loving deeds,
Still trusting Ia God completely.
Strength for to-day is III that we need,
As there never will be q tomorrow;
For Tomorrow will prove but another to-day,
With its measure 81 JOY aud sorrow.
Boston Transcript.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-01-14
NUMBER 80

crop. Norway and Sweden fall Is per
cent and the Netherlands 8 per cent.
The percentage in Great Britain and
Ireland drops from 50 to rs. Our gov
eminent estimates the crop of 1885 in
Great Britain at $4,000, 900 bushels and
the consumption at 225, 0O0. 900, show
ing deficiency Of 143.0O0,OO0. If
these estimates be trustworthy, Great
Britain must import about 160, OOO, 900
bushels this year. Italy rejoices in
good crops, but Russia, which supplies
part OF the shortage in other European
countries, is sadly deficient. In Central
Russia the percentage is only 55, in
dicating but little more than half
crop. In Padolia and Cherson it is only
90, in Bessarabia II. and in Courland
70. In two of these provinces there
was full crop last year. In Moldavia
the percentage has fallen from lis to
IS, and in Servia from 10 to 80. In
Poland, however, the cropi is better than
in 1885. Last year Russia had 65, OOO,-
600 bushels TO export, but her surplus
this year will be very small. Rye is
also small CROP
The wheat-importing countries of
Europe required 24S, OOO. 900 bushels last
year, according to the statistics of our
Agricultural Bureau, and against this
was surplus of $4,000, 900, of which
Russia furnished 65,O00,OOO. The Vien-
ma statistics and other reports indicate
that surplus does not exist this year in
some Of the countries where it was
found last year, and that in Russia it
will be very small. But the deficiency
in Europe is made up elsewhere. Our
Agricultural Bureau has announced
that the acreage and product have been
largely reduced in India, as compared
with those of last year. Still, it is true
that the exports from India continue to
be large. and it may be that the reduc-
ton mas been overestimated. Australia
exported largely in 1885, but the last
crop was short. 1t is even reported that
within the last three months wheat has
been sent TO Australia from California.
Happily for Europe, or at least for con-
sumers there, our own crop is large
enough to supply the demand.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-01-14
News About Tbeaser Usher..

The head usher in big theater Is .
study" said a well-known theatrical
manager to reporter Of the New York
Mail and Express.
How is that; isn't he a common,
everyday mortal like the rest of usp''
20, yes; and that is where the COM
plex composition Of his make up comes
in. He is like the rest of us, and then
again he is not His contact with so
many elegantly-dressed people, the time
and the place, act as potent powers to
change him in many respects. The
brief power he possesses when he holds
two coupons in his hand that call for
two first-class seats elevates him into q
magnified condition as to his own inn
portance. The actor that PLAYS the
chief part doesn't feel as high and inn
portant as the usher. The latter con-
siders it triumph of art to seat two
thousand persons and not make q
single mistake. He poses during the
second act and contemplates with self
complacency the vast audience he has
seated. The usher as q rule hates the
veteran bill boarder and shows him no
politeness whatever. But the new bill
boarder, who does not like to stand up,
and is willing to pay quarter of dol
lar for back seat, receives from the
usher the same obsequious politeness as
the wealthy party whom he has Just
shown to proscenium box. 1t is i'm
possible to keep the usher from dis
posing OF seats, not taken, especially
when two acts have passed. Some
theaters put upon the programmes, no
fees will be accepted by the ushers.' As
rule the ushers are very careful how
they accept q fee. A man wanted to
change his seat to a vacant one nearer
the stage. He handed the usher 25
cents before another usher and ten bill
board spectators. The usher indignant
ly handed the money back, but showed
him to the vacant seat and remarked as
the man slipped into the chair: Give
me the money when the gang is not
looking Well, he got that money be-
fore the play was over and no one saw
him get it. Nothing insults high
toned usher more than for q smart
Aleck to come in, find his own seat,
and SIT down. 1t rattles him, and he is
afraid the manager will say that he is
not fast enough or else Tom, Dick, and
Harry would never have found their
seats without being shown. throw it
out to theater-goers as pointer, never
try to find your seat in a theater. even
if you know it, but permit the usher to
find it for you The usher conceives o
dislike for you at once if you do with
out him, and he says to himself: If all
should find their seats as he did nv
would be gone The usher
rarely ever rises above his position, but
from year to year follows the same
beaten track. Some of them look upon
the wine when it is red after the per-
Torrance is over. They do not frater-
nize with the actors, though they gen.
orally class themselves among the pro-
fesh.'"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-01-14
A Lecture on Finger-NaiIs.

Few habits are more prevalent and
none more disgusting than biting the
finger-nails," said prominent physi-
clan the other day. Cleaning the nails
with penknife and picking the teeth in
public are practices vulgar enough, but
biting the nails is far worse. 1t is disgust
ing in more ways than one. 1t renders
the tinger-tips soft, pulpy and shapeless,
and destroys the beauty of the nails.
Properly cared for they are an import
ant item in personal adornment. Next
to pearly regular teeth, pink, shapely
nails are, perhaps, the most striking in
dication Of neatness and cleanliness. A
person with no regard for these little
things is pretty sure to be slovenly in
other respects; one who munches at his
finger-nails as he talks to you may be
set down at once, and with slight dan
ger OF injustice, as an all-around slat-
tern. Beside, think of the nastiness Of
it. Dust and dirt of all kinds lodge I'M
der the finger-nails.
The nail deposits are filth of the most
offensive and miscellaneous sort. The
dirt lodged under the nail soon be-
comes soft and pasty from the excretion
of perspiration. In this form it is Bit
ten off with fragments of the nail,
moistened by the saliva, turned over in
the mouth, and not infrequently swal-
lowed. Did you ever observe doctor
at his additions? Invariably he washes
his hands first. Then he carefully wipes
them and empties and rinses out the
bowl before he washes his face. He
knows that the hands attract dirt just
as q sponge absorbs moisture, and he
has too much respect fog his face 10
battle it in the same water that has
cleansed them. His professional ca
perience has taught him also, that poi
SON in the shape Of virus from wounds
and contagious diseases are often con-
tributed by 80 simple process as hand
shaking. He doesn't propose to have
his eyes or his nose or lips contaminat-
ed by his hands in that way. The per-
son who bites his nails is infinitely more
liable to that risk, for he takes the con-
centrated filth from under the nails into
his mouth.
"But, worst of all; the nail-biter is a
self-devouring cannibal. l wonder how
many sentimental school girls, who
keep their fingers in their mouths half
the time, and dudes. who nip at their
nails as industriously as they suck their
cane-heads, have ever thought of that.
Probably not many of either class. But
it is fact all the same. When the
nails are bitten of, chewed up and re-
volved in the mouth, as though they
were succulent tidbits, it necessarily
happens that small particles of the
quick are also removed. These par
ticles are human fesh-the nail biter's
own flesh and they are masticated,
frequently swallowed, with the other re-
voting morsels. Anyone who can bite
his nails, after that thought will never
suffer from nausea. "-Neso York MaI
and Express.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-01-14
Wonderful Cures.

w. d. Hoyt & Co., Wholesale and Re-
tail Druggists of Rome, Ga. say: We
have been selling DIR. Kings New Dis
coyery, Electric Bitters and Bucklen's
Arnica Salve for two years. Have new
er handled remedies that sell as well, or
give such universal satisfaction. There
have been some wonderful cures affected
by these medicines in this city. Several
cases of pronounced Consumption have
been entirely cured by use of IA few bot
ties Of DIR. Kings New Discovery, taken
in connection with Electric Bittere. We
guarantee them always. Sold byJ> r
Jones.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-01-14

A San Diego Citizen bought ticket
for San Francisco aud sat down on the
pier until the boat should be ready TO
start He became much interested in
seeing the work going on. the passen-
gers burrying down, the gangplank
pulled in and the lines cast of. and exc
pressed pleasure at the sight of the big
steamer rs she left the pier. Then he
remembered he wasn't on board, but
that his baggage was.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-01-14

Measurements have shown the thick
ness of the human hair to vary from
the 26Oth TO the 600th part of an inch.
blonde hair Il the finest and red hair
tAa eeaEpesl
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-01-14

A writer upon Southern California
saws frankly that it is little snort of
crime to induce poor mon to try their
fortunes in the colonies in the southern
part of the state. An orange grove OF
i've acres will give good living when
IL Is mature. but to buy itsin full bear
ing will cost from 5000 10 $1,000
without house or other Improvement